500 Chickens

500 Chickens is a partner project with 500 Gardens in Madisonville jointly dedicated to strengthening our community’s food sources, one chicken keeper at a time.

500 Chickens Objectives:

Educate and support careful chicken keeping practices

Create network of resources and idea sharing

Bring the community together and create new friendships based on the shared enjoyment of chickens

Fresh eggs along with fresh veggies to increase the local food access. We’ve created a nifty Chickenkeepers Map that highlights where the flocks are in the neighborhood, so neighbors can get to know neighbors with a similar hobby.

Want to know more about becoming a chickenkeeper? This link a will give you all the details you need to know about our process. Here is how you sign up. If you’re only interested in fostering baby chicks for the first 10 weeks, but not ready to keep a flock permanently, please be sure to let us know.